Saturday, May 4, 2013

What do we do with our neighbours and netas...?

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This appeared in Asian Age today...

What do we do
with our neighbours and netas???

Now that the Punjab Government has declared
Sarabjit Singh a martyr and given him a state funeral, tension levels on both
sides of the border are bound to escalate, till one or the other blinks. India
has been blinking a lot of late. The official Pakistani version is that
Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally attacked by co-prisoners inside the Jinnah
jail in Lahore , died during a ‘scuffle’. He was referred to as a ‘terrorist’
on several panel discussions and we were casually told that such things
‘happen’. This, at a time when he was in a coma with no hope of recovery (
murderous head injuries had made sure of that). Despite this blatant display of
inhumanity , Pakistani spokespersons
tried to make light of the matter . Fact remains Sarabjit was killed in cold
blood . Pakistani authorities compounded the tragedy by failing to extend plain
decency to Sarabjit’s mother, wife and young daughters, when they went across
the border to plead with them to allow a seriously injured man to return to
his own country, his own people. Today,while we are aghast at the heartlessness
of it all, are we,on our part ready to
ask ourselves a few tough questions? Could Sarabjit Singh’s life have been
saved had our government handled the case better? The answer is obvious: as
usual we screwed up on every level and on all fronts.Yes, we should have
stepped in much earlier. Yes, we should have taken more interest in the case,
especially after Azmal Kasab and Afzal Guru were hanged. Yes, we could have
saved him. But we were indifferent and did nothing. In a way, the Indian
Government is also responsible for Sarabjit Singh’s murder. Sarabjit Singh was killed twice over – by
Pakistan and India.

While we are dealing with details of this
tragedy, another one has been playing out simultaneously on the streets of Delhi.The brazen and shocking acquittal of
Sajjan Kumar ( accused of having been one of the key perpetrators of violence
during the 1984 riots that killed over 3000 Sikhs) rocked the Capital the day
the judgment was announced. Considering
this acquittal came at the end of 29 long years of bungling, lies and waffling, there was not
just outrage and anger displayed by Sikh protestors, but something deeper and
graver. If we choose to keep our blinkers on and exonerate this bekaar sarkar,
then we are inviting trouble. Big trouble.
Today, we are soft peddling an aggressive Chinese intrusion into Indian
territory in Ladakh. We are ignoring the seething rage expressed by a deeply
distressed and disillusioned Sikh community which can lead to further
alienation in Punjab . Add to that the growing problem of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, simmering
resentment in Sri Lanka ( will the prickly Tamil issue ever be solved?), and we
have an India that is effectively gheraoed on all sides by neighbours who loathe us and distrust our every
move. This is an awful situation to be in. And to think we have brought it upon
ourselves.

The thing is, even if Manmohan ( Fevicol)
Singh finally listens to the raucous chorus of critics who want him to resign
forthwith, and quits, will that solve a thing? Day after day, we demand
resignations from our leaders. By doing that, we are in fact, letting them off
the hook a bit too easily. There is nothing heroic about resigning. If
anything, it’s a cop out. A resignation that culminates in a fair trial has some matlab. But just a token throwing in
of papers is meaningless. When leaders are accused of misdemeanours and crimes,
they are obliged to explain. Same as everyone else. The problem in India is
nobody dares to nail netas . Who has the guts to nab even one of the Big Boys? An Arvind Kejriwal can name names and get
members of his team to bring up issues and personalities on television. But
Arvind has zero clout. And no resources to fight the powerful. He may have
public support. But that’s never enough. Going after even a chhota mota player,
forget the prime minister , requires enormous will and more importantly, pots
of serious money. Today, there is really no difference between our various
political parties or leaders. They are all terrible.There is no ideology. No commitment.
No vision. And worst of all, there is no ‘sharam’. When levels of shamelessness
are this high, every crook and scoundrel in and out of government is protected.
That being a given, nobody is scared. The culprits know that after a few weeks of protests and
demands for resignations, it will be back to dirty business as usual. Every
neta has dope on every other neta. They also have dope on journalists and media
owners. Whether it is the self righteous BJP persons or the complacent
Congresswallas, both operate on the same principle – you open your mouth and
I’ll open mine. The interests of the country be damned.

But despite widespread cynicism, mercifully
there are still a few untainted, independent voices left in the country.
Occasionally, one gets lucky and hears them. Those voices are pretty confident
there will be a genuine and major parivartan (not the Mamata variety!) soon.
The abominable and high handed handling of
both the Sajjan Kumar and Sarabjit Singh cases may prove to be the
tipping point. With the Sikhs on the boil and Punjab once again on the brink
of revolt, some instant and convincing
damage control is desperately needed. If that requires Manmohan Singh to show
the way and step down with what’s left of his tattered dignity , it would be
worth doing. Before it’s too late for him. And too late for India.

India is responsible too. Thats right too. When anything happens we just blame others and be indifferent. Nobody wants to take stand besides nobody can take. Becoz big neighbours and big netas are there as big brothers. Inland people are behaving like bigger enemy what to think of Pakistanians. Many could have been saved. But people are dying. And we keep watching. How long! It's time now. Don't let it go. Let's go! http://arshadusmani.blogspot.com

God alone knows where our country is heading,your post is bang on ,the congress govt has been huge disappointment and the Prime minister only comments on the situations but no action(as usual its become a habit to remain detached ),somehow the general atmosphere of our country is bad..but onething is for sure cong will not come to power again this time they have messed up very badly and no mercy to them ,congress has failed miserably.

How do you know government did not try to rescue sarbjit? If you are reading newspapers regularly, you would have read government always brought up sarabjit's issue when there were talks between Pakistan and India. He was in their hands and we cant nuke Pakistan as some foolish people are suggesting. Have we not hanged muslim terrorists like Kasab and Guru and are going soft on LTTE, Naxalites and others? What about Srikrishna commission and Modi is being eulogised by the paid media. As for sikhs and sajjan singh, it is the courts that let him off as the witnesses bumbled and fumbled. Instead of protesting near the court that acquitted him, they are protesting against congress leaders as if they are the judges who let him off. Instead of blaming the government for everything, go through events in historic order and also read every bit of real news.

For Singh's acquittal govt is not responsible since it is the decision of our judiciary. Yes the govt could take Sarabjit's case more seriously but its not only about a single person in jail. May be we forget those Hindu Pakistanis dont want to go back. It must be addressed at larger level not just between two govt but between peoples of the two countries..

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